Project Cappuccino: Nuts & Bolts Are Wheely Cool
While doing some routine maintenance on our Suzuki Cappuccino, we noticed that the wheel nuts were not always spinning on and off smoothly. Some nuts would stick slightly as we…
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Evaluating Nitto Tires New Ultra High Performance All-Weather Motivo 365 Tire
The Nitto Motivo has always been one of our favorite all-season tires, we liked it for its great wet traction, and decent dry traction (for an all-season tire). We also…
Off-Road Explorer ST with ALPHAequipt Grenade Wheels & General Tire’s Grabber ATX
We take Ford’s hot-rodded SUV, the Explorer ST, and prepare it for off-road and snow life with the help of ALPHAequipt Grenade wheels and General Tire’s Grabber A/TX. The Explorer…
ALPHAequipt Silverado Command Wheels & Falken WildPeak A/T3W Tires
In the middle of winter, it is very important to have the right tires for the job and conditions. To improve our off-road performance, capabilities, and safety; we are equipping…
WATCH: Project Jeep Update! Stretched | Tons | 40’s | Atlas Transfer Case | Suspension | Armor & More
We know this is kinda the opposite of what you normally see around here, but we have “off pavement” interests here too! It’s been a long time since the…
Onsite Wheels Fixes Project GD STI’s Wheels
So seconds after lecturing my daughter about curbing wheels I did this… It looks like another job for Onsite Wheels. Onsite Wheels had previously fixed the wheels on our Project…
Quick Wheel Repair With Onsite Wheels
It happens to all of us. We were driving our Evo 9 Project car through a construction zone and hit one of the wheel lips on the edge of one…
Project NSX: Part 14 – Michelin Cup 2 Connect Tires and Forgeline GA1R Wheels
After years of extensive testing and measuring, I finally fit 305-width Michelin Cup 2 (240)s under the rear of an NSX, mounted on a set of custom Forgeline GA1R wheels.…
Supercharged G37 – Nitto NT555RII & NT05
Over the last several months we’ve come to appreciate the improved Ecutek traction control system on our supercharged G37. For the given amount of traction it moves the car off…
Project FD RX7 Restomod: Part 2 – Titan 7 TD-6 Wheels and Continental Force Tire
Choosing wheels and tires is such an important decision that greatly affects the potential of a car. We improve the performance and visual presence of our FD Mazda RX-7 with…
Project Budget 400WHP S197 Mustang Track Car: Part 9 – Apex Wheels and Nitto Tires
Choosing wheels and tires are some of the most important decisions you can make for a car. For this project’s theme of using the best bang-for-your-buck components possible, there really…
WATCH: Why The C8 Corvette Sucks.. and how we’re fixing it!
In this video we’re back under our Project C8 addressing some of the few shortcomings we’ve found in the new C8 Corvette! With the help of an Essex Racing…
WATCH: Track Testing the Falken Azenis RT660 on our Project Cars!
We had the opportunity to go out to Buttonwillow Raceway with Falken tire to have some fun on their Azenis RT660 ultra high performance tires! We brought out our…
Project Nissan Skyline GT-R R33 – Part 2: Volk wheels and Falken tires
Before even acquiring the Skyline GT-R R33, I had already decided on the Falken tires and Volk wheels. Fortunately, I had ordered them ahead of time because both were back-ordered…
Not all Michelin Cup 2 Tires Are Created The Same
They may look the same, smell the same, and be the exact same size; but not all Cup 2 tires are created equal, and for good reason. Michelin produces off-the-shelf…
Project C7 Corvette Stingray, Fitting the Widest Possible Titan 7 Wheels and Toyo R888R Tires
As we have gotten the suspension of our C7 together we noticed that although it felt better with better balance and the car was easier to drive at speed, our…
WATCH: Make Your Porsche Cayman Handle and Brake Like a Racecar!
A friend and customer of MotoIQ recently asked us if we could turn her once beloved daily driver Porsche Cayman into a racecar she could drive to and…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 23 – Wider is better! Getting Clearance with a Wide Body Kit.
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 23 – Wider is better! by Erik Jacobs We had brakes, we had suspension, we had refreshed hubs, and we had a scary, twitchy car…
Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 21 – Winter is Coming
When we last left Project SC300 we had just installed our Grannas Racing T56 transmission swap kit and had gotten back out on track. With a solid drivetrain, it was…
Project MKIV Supra Update: Nitto NT01 Tires
It’s time to give the passionate MotoIQ readers an MKIV Supra update, which today involves a set of Nitto NT01 tires. Over the past 12 months I’ve been so wrapped up…
Comparing the Falken RT615 to the RT615K Plus!
The Falken RT615 has always been a good all-around Ultra High Performance dry weather tire with decent durability. Good enough to be daily driven and good enough for the track. The…
Wheels and Tires for the Subaru GD WRX
It is time to get some new shoes for our Project GD WRX. We wanted an upgrade for the car that would easily fit into the wheel wells and would…
New Wheels and Tires for Project DC2 Integra
So the old all season tires on our Project DC2 Integra were so bad that amazingly, modifying the suspension and adding an LSD did little to improve the cars lap…
Does Wheel Stiffness Affect Performance? We test Carbon Revolution’s Carbon Fiber Wheels
There is a lot more to Carbon Fiber wheels than just cool looks and lightweight. We met up with Carbon Revolution at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to learn about their…
Nitto NT01 Tires in R35 GT-R Specific Sizes
The Nitto NT01 Tire has been one of our long-time favorites as an all-around value, race or track day, extreme street car tire. Now the NT01 has come out in…
WATCH: Easy DIY Curb Rashed Wheel Repair!
WATCH: Easy DIY Curb Rashed Wheel Repair! Sooo we kinda f-ed up one of the SSR Professor SP4 wheels on Project V8 RX-7 pretty bad backing into a curb a couple…
WATCH: IMPROVING the R35 GT-R! Part 5 – Advan Wheels & Toyo Tires
WATCH: IMPROVING the R35 GT-R! Part 5 – Advan Wheels & Toyo Tires! Join us on our multi-part journey to improving what is arguably the best car ever made. Inexperienced…
Project DBA R35 GT-R: Getting More Grip with Advan and Toyo!
Project DBA R35 GT-R: Getting More Grip with Advan and Toyo! by Mike Kojima One of the issues with the R35 GT-R is that it is a big heavy car that…
Project Tundra: 5000 Mile Evaluation of Nitto’s New Ridge Grappler Tires!
Project Tundra: 5000 Mile Evaluation of Nitto's New Ridge Grappler Tires! by Mike Kojima We were very pleased with the Nitto Terra Grappler tires that Project Tundra had been…
WATCH: MotoIQ Project V8 RX7 Suspension Update
WATCH: MotoIQ Project V8 RX7 Suspension Update From custom fabricated control arms to revalved KW V3 coilovers with HLS, Mike Kojima goes under Project V8 RX7 to explain everything we did…
Project EP3 Si, Going 5 Lug with Wheels from Enkei and Nitto NT05 Tires
Project EP3 Si: Going 5 Lug with Wheels from Enkei and Nitto NT05 Tires by Mike Kojima Now that we converted our EP3 Civic from 4 to 5 lug hubs and added…
How To Do A 5 Lug Conversion the Right Way! Project EP3
How To Do A 5 Lug Conversion the Right Way! Project EP3 by Mike Kojima As we finally start to mod our much-maligned shop EP3, the car that everyone loves…